Portitaure Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus (1923- 1971)

Arbus showed a different side of photography rather than showing beautiful people see showed the people that were at the time thought to be not normal these were people like Dwarfs the reason for Arbus taking pictures of these type of people was because  she saw a side that no one else did and she became fascinated with them and wanted to show the world what she saw. Arbus received criticisms, Normal Miller said "Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child", But despite this Arbus has had her work put in some of the biggest art galleries and was the first American photographer to have her work displayed in the Venice Biennale and her photographs sell for hundreds of thounsands of dollars at auctions.

A man covered in tattoos from a circus show

Portraiture

There are many different techniques for portrait photography. Often it is desirable to capture the subject's eyes and face in sharp focus while allowing other less important elements to be rendered in a soft focus. At other times, portraits of individual features might be the focus of a composition such as the hands, eyes or part of the subject's torso.